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Volcano experiment

Impress your kids and create your very own homemade eruptions with this volcano experiment. Watch your kids be amazed with this science experiment which is also a great learning game for curious, knowledge seeking kids.

Number of Players:

1+

What You Need:

flour

salt

cooking oil

water

large bowl

plastic bottle

baking pan

red food colouring

liquid detergent

baking soda

vinegar

water

Activity:

Mix 6 cups of flour, 2 cups of salt, 4 tablespoons of cooking oil and 2 cups of water in a large bowl.

Mix the ingredients together with your hands until the mixture is firm.

Stand the bottle in the centre of the pan.

Mould the salt dough around the bottle in a cone shape (like a volcano) but leave the bottle top uncovered.